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Craftsman vs Craftsmanlike - What's the difference?

craftsman | craftsmanlike |

As adjectives the difference between craftsman and craftsmanlike

is that craftsman is of an architectural style prominent in the United States in the early 20th century while craftsmanlike is resembling or characteristic of a craftsman.

As a noun craftsman

is a male artisan.

craftsman

Noun

(craftsmen)
  • A male artisan.
  • * 2005 , .
  • And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}

    Antonyms

    * craftswoman

    Hypernyms

    * artisan * (rare) craftsperson

    craftsmanlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a craftsman
  • * {{quote-news, year=1988, date=March 4, author=Jonathan Rosenbaum, title=The House on Carroll Street, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=Peter Yates, a craftsmanlike director who is generally at the mercy of his scripts, does a creditable job with a romantic thriller screenplay by former blacklisted writer Walter Bernstein

    Synonyms

    * artisanal * artisanlike